(During the second week of July, Operation Hawthorne began
winding up. The patrols were getting very little opposition in the battle
zone. The NVA had slipped away.)

If they're gone, and we killed 2000 of them, we won.

What did we win? We don't have any more realestate, no new villages
are under American control, and it took everything we had to stop them.

We won the battle. More of them got killed than us. It's that simple.

Doesn't it bother you that it takes so much equipment and men
to beat the NVA? If we were equally equipped, we'd lose.

Yeah, but we aren't equally equipped, and they lose. Besides that,
I have a month to go and I don't give a shit.

Unless they make you fly assaults during your last month.

If they do that, then I'll give a shit.

-Conversation between pilots, Chickenhawk (1983)

There are no secrets in this stage, but it's fairly tough. Begin by
placing claymore charges on the road you are on. Use them all up and face
them towards the objective marker (or just along the road, but in the middle).
You will not have time to do much later. Approach the hill while prone
and start the slaughter.

When the enemy pops smoke in the field, that's your cue to get up and
fall back. Your next task is to delay the enemy at the chopper crash site.
A minigun is hooked up in the chopper wreck. Since it overlooks the road
where you placed your claymores, things should now be somewhat clear.

Waste as many enemies as you can until you have orders to de-equip and
move back. Head for the Russian hostel restaurant you found the secret
earlier. It's time for it to save your ass.

In the hostel, there are four C4 detonators placed on the window sills
(second floor). Approach each one, use it, and press fire to detonate them.
It won't matter how many enemies you kill, so long as you blow the charges.
Take the ammo and weapons inside if you need and fall back to the farm
where Price executed Al-Asad.

The farm where you ended the mission Safehouse now has infinite Javelin
weapons. Take one and use them to blow up the enemy tanks coming to attack
your team. Once the enemy armor is erased, drop the Javelin and take up
your spare weapon once more. Time to move through the enemy column.

The hardest part now is to fight your way back down the village
through the whole Russian army and reach your exfil. You have 3 minutes
to do it. Luckily, you are also given 10 free air strikes. The problem
is once you designate, you have to wait for the bombs to drop.

Clear the field south of the farm and work your way towards the river.
There is enough smoke that you can stay hidden somewhat if you don't fire
any loud weapons and rely instead of your airstrikes to kill enemies. Nuke
the gas station near the exfil of enemies, then waltz down and take your
ride home. Your allies will magically warp to the exit, so you don't need
to worry about them.